On Monday, cops found Ruono’s 5-year-old daughter alone and crying at Port Authority and she told police that her father told her to stay put until he got back but he never returned, according to police.

The little girl, who only spoke Spanish, then led police to her home address in Connecticut, where police found her mother’s body, authorities said.

Police identified the girl’s mom as 24-year-old Dionicia Bautista-Cano, a Guatemalan native, and ruled her death a homicide.

On Friday, officers reportedly saw Ruono walking down the street near the shelter and Federal U.S. Marshals and the N.Y./N.J Regional Fugitive Task Force took him into custody.

"He's in custody. We’re not going to tell you how we got him, but we got him," NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said.

Charges are reportedly forthcoming for Ruono.

According to reports, Bautista-Cano had just reunited with Ruono, her estranged husband, and the pair, along with their daughter, moved to a new apartment in Glenbrook from New Jersey just days before Bautista-Cano’s murder.

Police said there were signs of struggle in the apartment near the body.